I hope they have to allow the deduction. This is not right. Having a sex-change operation could be the matter of living or dying for some. It is pertinent for stable mental health. IRS sued over sex-change deduction By DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press Writer BOSTON - After a tormented existence as a father, a husband, a Coast Guardsman and a construction worker, a 57-year-old suburban Boston man underwent a sex-change operation. Then she wrote off the $25,000 in medical expenses on her taxes. But the IRS disallowed the deduction — ruling the procedure was cosmetic, not a medical necessity — in a potentially precedent-setting dispute now before the U.S. Tax Court. Rhiannon O'Donnabhain is suing the IRS in a case advocates for the transgendered are hoping will force the tax agency to treat sex-change operations the same as appendectomies, heart bypasses and other deductible medical procedures. The case is set to go to trial July 24. More >>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_re_us/ irs_sex_change_2
